ASRY (Arab Shipbuilding & Repair Yard) has inked an agreement with AMS to be its exclusive agent in Singapore and Hong Kong.

Canada’s Corvus Energy has landed a contract to supply lithium-ion battery-based energy storage systems (ESS) for five new all-electric ferries to be built by Holland Shipyards Group for GVB, Amsterdam’s municipal public transport provider.

CSSC Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding’s unit Huarun Dadong shipyard has delivered China’s fist LNG carrier to FSRU conversion for GoIar LNG.

The continued Covid-19 pandemic presents a double-edged sword to Chinese shipyards.

The shipbuilding output of CSSC Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS) reached 3.55m dwt in the first eight months of this year, reaffirming its rank as No.1 among Chinese shipyards.

SITC International Holdings Company has placed an order for up to 12 feeder boxships from China’s Yangzijiang Shipbuilding.

London-listed strategic infrastructure investment firm, InfraStrata, is buying the UK’s Appledore Shipyard for £7m and will rename it Harland and Wolff (Appledore). The north Devon yard was shut by its former owner, Babcock, in March 2019.

China’s three major shipbuilding indexes all declined in the first seven months of this year.

Japan Marine United (JMU) has re-opened its Ariake yard after bringing Covid-19 cluster under control.

Sri Lanka’s largest shipbuilding yard, Colombo Dockyard plc (CDPLC) is moving towards executing an already signed contract with Norwegian firm Misje Eco Bulk to build six eco bulk carriers, with an option to build an additional four.